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Disabled vet: Diner owner threw me, service dog out

James Glaser, of Gardnerville, Nev., brings his dog, Jack, everywhere.

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Updated: 6:42 PM EDT Aug 26, 2013

Disabled vet: Diner owner threw me, service dog out

James Glaser, of Gardnerville, Nev., brings his dog, Jack, everywhere.

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Updated: 6:42 PM EDT Aug 26, 2013

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WEBVTT NO ONE WAS HURT, BUT HE WAS ARRAIGNED ON DRUNK DRIVING CHARGES TODAY. NEW AT 6:00, DOG DRAMA IN OXFORD WHERE AN IRAQ WAR VETERAN SAYS HE AND HIS SERVICE DOG WERE KICKED OUT OF A RESTAURANT. TONIGHT BOTH THE VETERAN AND THE RESTAURANT OWNER ARE SPEAKING OUT. LIAM MARTIN IS LIVE IN OXFORD TONIGHT. WELL, ED, JAMES GLASSER SAYS THAT HIS SERVICE DOG LIKELY SAVED HIS LIFE, BUT WHEN HE, HIS DOG AND HIS WIFE SHOWED UP HERE TO THE BIG I'S ON MAIN STREET IN OXFORD THEY WERE THROWN OUT. NOW HE SAYS HE'LL NEVER COME BACK. JAMES GLASSER BRINGS HIS DOG JACK EVERYWHERE. HE NEEDS HIM. AT NIGHT WHEN I START HAVING NIGHT SWEATS AND TREMORS AND NIGHTMARES, HE'LL ACTUALLY JUMP ON TOP OF ME AND WAKE ME UP AND GIVE ME KISSES AND HUGS. JAMES SUFFERS FROM PTSD AFTER TWO STINTS IN IRAQ. JACK IS HIS SERVICE DOG, TRAINED AND CERTIFIED. BUT WHEN THE TWO WALKED INTO THE BIG I'S DINER SATURDAY AFTERNOON IN OXFORD, THEY WERE QUICKLY SHOWN THE DOOR. HERE, GET THAT F'ING FAKE SERVICE DOG OUT OF HERE, THIS IS FRONT OF A RESTAURANT THAT IS FULL. JAMES ARGUED WITH THE OWNER AND SHOWED HIM TO PAPERS, TO NO AVAIL. HER HE SAYS HE DOESN'T GIVE A RIGHTEOUS WHATEVER, AND HIM OR I ARE NOT WELCOME BACK IN HIS RESTAURANT. SO JAMES AND JACK WERE FORCED TO LEAVE, AND A BOYCOTT OF THE DINER HAS NOW BEGUN. IT'S A SMALL BUSINESS, I'M TRYING TO FEED MY FAMILY. THE CO-OWNER SPOKE MONDAY WITH NEWSCENTER 5. I HAVE NOTHING AGAINST VETERANS AT ALL. THEY'RE THE BACK BONE OF THE COUNTRY, IT WHAT MAKES US THE UNITED STATES. HE APOLOGIZED FOR HIS RUDENESS BUT SAID HE DOESN'T WANT DOGS IN HIS RESTAURANT. HE HAS SEEN JACK IN THERE BEFORE AND ARGUED SERVICE DOGS ARE ONLY NECESSARY FOR PHYSICAL DITS ABILITIES. DO YOU NEED TO IT HELP YOU GET TO THE BATHROOM? BY ALL MEANS. DO YOU NEED TO CUDDLE IT AND SNEAK IT A PIECE OF SAUSAGE, I'D RATHER NOT HAVE IT IN MY PLACE. WELL, THE GUIDELINES OF THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT STATE SERVICE DOGS DO INCLUDE THOSE FOR PEOPLE WITH POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER. GLASSER -- BIG I'S HAS RECEIVED HUNDREDS OF THREATS OVER THE LAST COUPLE DAYS INCLUDING THE THREAT THAT SOMEONE WAS GOING TO BURN DOWN THE BUILDING. EVEN GLASSER SAYS THAT IS

Disabled vet: Diner owner threw me, service dog out

James Glaser, of Gardnerville, Nev., brings his dog, Jack, everywhere.